Description:
This study was conducted to know whether there is a differencein students’ achievement in reading
comprehension through the use of computer-based reading method at the eighth-grade students of
Junior High School 13 Banjarmasin, Indonesia. The design used is a quasi-experimental with
purposive sampling technique. Sixty students of Junior High School 13 Banjarmasin were used as
the samples. 8-E was chosen as the experimental group and was taught by using computer-based
reading in three meetings, while 8-F was chosen as the control group and was taught without using
computer-based reading in three meetings. Three instruments were used to gather the data, they
are documentation, observation, and tests. The results showed that both groups gained change in
their achievements. From the calculation result, the experimental group got the average score of
53.33 in pre-test and 63.33 in post-test. The control group got average score 47 in pre-test and 49.5
in post-test. After conducting a t-test, it was revealed that the calculated t-value was greater than
t-table (3.597 > 2.00) at the significance level 0.05. Thus, there are different achievement between
the experimental group and the control group. Therefore, it can be concluded that the proper use
of computer-based reading can upgrade students’ reading comprehension ability. It is suggested to
teachers to consider the use computer-based reading as the method of teaching reading
comprehension.